Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Governor Manoj Sinha congratulated voters and the electoral machinery of the Union Territory for the successful conduct of the first District Development Council (DDC) elections. “Strengthening the three tiers of the Panchayati Raj system in J&K, the DDC elections were held for the first time in …
Read More »‘I need to deal with bullying … boycotting the polls would have left the field wide open for BJP’: Mehbooba Mufti
Written by Bashaarat Masood | Srinagar | Updated: December 10, 2020 7:18:02 am Mehbooba Mufti said it was important for the PAGD to fight for the right to campaign in the DDC polls. BOYCOTT the District Development Council (DDC) polls, the first election exercise after the removal of J & …
Read More »What exactly is the ‘agrarian scam’ in which the Kashmiri parties are implicated?
As of November 23, the government of Jammu and Kashmir began publishing the names of beneficiaries under the now-discarded Jammu and Kashmir State Lands (Acquisition of Property from Occupants) Act, popularly known as the Roshni Act. It created a political storm in Kashmir. The first list named four leaders of …
Read More »More than the Gupkar alliance, these Jammu-centric outfits can be a threat to the ruling party
Held for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir after the repeal of Article 370, the first major election exercise, the District Development Council (DDC) polls, will be a fight between ‘BJP and all other parties’. The first phase of the polls begins on Saturday. Mainstream politics have been through …
Read More »J&K votes in polls of local bodies, first election after losing special status
The campaign for the first phase came to an end on Thursday. Jammu / Srinagar: Elections began today in Jammu and Kashmir for the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the first since the former state was reorganized as a Union Territory last year. Due to the cold weather, turnout was …
Read More »‘Gupkar can freely probe’: J&K governor Manoj Sinha
There is complete freedom in Jammu and Kashmir for politics, but not for anti-national activities, Union Territory Deputy Governor Manoj Sinha said on Wednesday, days before the region’s first direct election since it was stripped of its special status. and forked last year. . In an exclusive interview, Sinha, 61, …
Read More »Abdullahs house in Jammu built on overrun land, North Carolina’s headquarters legalized under the Roshni Act
Former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been named by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a list alleging that their residential home in Jammu is built on illegally owned land, a charge denied by the father-son duo. The administration of the union territory as ordered by the …
Read More »Abdullahs house in Jammu built on overrun land, North Carolina’s headquarters legalized under the Roshni Act
Former Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah have been named by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a list alleging that their residential home in Jammu is built on illegally owned land, a charge denied by the father-son duo. The administration of the union territory as ordered by the …
Read More »Is the Gupkar alliance driven by political arithmetic or chemistry? – news from india
The Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir will have its first direct elections, District Development Council (DDC) votes, in eight phases starting November 28. Elections of local bodies in Ladakh, the other union territory that came into being after the bifurcation of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir, …
Read More »CPI (M) writes to J&K LG about ‘lockdown’ of Gupkar candidates
Tarigami said in the letter that several candidates from the group were “grouped in group quarters,” reported The Hindustan Times. “Confining candidates against their wishes has severely restricted their movement and ability to campaign,” the letter said. “There have been some cases where opposing candidates are sent in the same …
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